State v. Vick

FRYE, Justice.

In a capital trial, Edward Earl Vick, defendant, was convicted by a jury on two counts of first-degree murder. Following a capital sentencing proceeding conducted pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the jury recommended and the trial court imposed two life sentences, to be served consecutively.

Defendant appeals to this Court making six assignments of error. We reject these assignments and uphold defendant’s convictions and sentences.

The State’s evidence at trial tended to show the following facts and circumstances: On 24 June 1987, Vanessa Craddock and her seven-year-old son,…